New York City cyclists received 10 times as many criminal summonses in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the first, according to new police data — part of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s amped-up enforcement plans around street safety.
Tisch in April announced a major crackdown on cyclists running red lights, going the wrong way down streets and not wearing helmets. Violators, she said, would stop receiving traffic tickets and start getting criminal summonses that require a court appearance.
Data out this week from the NYPD shows that criminal summons, or “pink tickets,” for cyclists jumped from 561 before the directive to nearly 6,000 tickets in the second quarter of 2025…